نزدیک

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nzdyk' /⁠nazdīk⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *názdyah. One of a few adjectives that has preserved the final -g/k phoneme and did not undergo the regular sound change from Middle Persian to Modern Persian. Others include تاریک (târik, “dark”) and باریک (bârik, “slender”).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading?	n
Dari reading?	n
Iranian reading?	n
Tajik reading?	n

Adjective

Dari	نزدیک
Iranian Persian
Tajik	наздик

نزدیک • (nazdik) (comparative نزدیک‌تَر (nazdik-tar), superlative نزدیک‌تَرین (nazdik-tarin))

1. close
2. near
3. neighbouring

Preposition

1. near
2. by
3. beside

Related terms

• نزد (nazd)
• نزدیکی (nazdiki)
• نزدیکان (nazdikân)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: નજીક (najīk)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नज़दीक (nazdīk)

  Urdu: نزدیک (nazdīk)

• → Marathi: नजीक (najīk)
• → Nepali: नजिक (najik)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕ (nazdīk), ਨਜੀਕ (najīk)

  Shahmukhi script: نَزدیک (nazdek), نَجیک (najek)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “nzdyk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 58
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “نزدیک”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian نزدیک.

Adjective

نزدیک • (nazdīk) (Hindi spelling नज़दीक)

1. close, closeby
2. near, nearby

Synonyms

• قریب (qarīb)

Related terms

• نزدیکی (nazdīkī, “nearness”)